Well, it seems that spies walk among us. 

This week ASIO boss Mike Burgess made an extraordinary revelation. 

He said his agency uncovered a sophisticated foreign interference operation, which involved a former Australian politician betraying Australia, and trying to involve a relative of a Prime Minister in the web. 

So just how bad is the threat? 

And why won’t they tell us who this former politician is? 

Plus, we already knew the average working woman is paid less than the average man. But this week, for the first time, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency revealed the median pay gaps at nearly 5000 of the country’s largest companies.     

Businesses from major banks to women’s activewear brands have large pay gaps favouring men, while elite private schools have pay gaps favouring women.

So what, if anything, can be done about it? 

Today, economics reporter Rachel Clun and chief political correspondent David Crowe discuss the week in politics. 

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